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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 19:20:44 GMT -5
I haven't read it but I've heard about it. It's a very loose interpretation that sounds like the whole thing might have been a dream or something; Scott "escaping" reality ? Kind of interesting thoughts here ... thanks for sharing that.
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Post by chadwilliam on Dec 22, 2018 1:03:46 GMT -5
Kind of an idle thought which pops up every so often...
Anyone have any idea when Batman would have become a household name at least in North America? Sure, he would have been well known to kids almost from the start due to his numerous comic book appearances, but would the average adult have known who Batman was prior to the Adam West series? It seems to me that for a while, he was a character who should have been bigger than he was - that is, enjoying some of the same success as Superman who definitely would have been a household name with his successful radio show, Fleisher cartoons, newspaper strip, TV series, etc.
Though given his own newspaper strip early on, that lasted only about three years before being dropped. Similarly, he had a tryout for a radio show which didn't lead anywhere. While he appeared in two separate serials, it wasn't until about 15 years after Superman got his own TV show, that he was given a shot at television.
I have no doubt that from 1966 onwards Batman was a character most everyone recognized, but what about before then?
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 22, 2018 1:23:22 GMT -5
Kind of an idle thought which pops up every so often... Anyone have any idea when Batman would have become a household name at least in North America? Sure, he would have been well known to kids almost from the start due to his numerous comic book appearances, but would the average adult have known who Batman was prior to the Adam West series? It seems to me that for a while, he was a character who should have been bigger than he was - that is, enjoying some of the same success as Superman who definitely would have been a household name with his successful radio show, Fleisher cartoons, newspaper strip, TV series, etc. Though given his own newspaper strip early on, that lasted only about three years before being dropped. Similarly, he had a tryout for a radio show which didn't lead anywhere. While he appeared in two separate serials, it wasn't until about 15 years after Superman got his own TV show, that he was given a shot at television. I have no doubt that from 1966 onwards Batman was a character most everyone recognized, but what about before then? I would say the 1940s; same as Superman. Those comics sold in the millions and parents would have heard, if only from the kids. Plus, comis were sold in military PXs and GI read tons of them. The movie serial would have reached a wide audience and Batman made guest appearances in the Superman radio show. The comic strip was fairly popular, for a time. Those were all mass media,and Superman, batman & Wonder Woman were about the only superheroes to survive into the 50s, uninterrupted. WW took longer to become mainstream, until the 7s series. In 1966, Batman became a massive merchandising phenomena, as well as ratings hit. That solidified it for a new generation and beyond.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 22, 2018 3:49:19 GMT -5
It's the same reason Archie produced a Marvel Digest. Disney/Marvel feels they can make more from licensing those types of products than they can by producing and bringing them to market themselves. The return on investment for the time and expense of producing the books and taking away form other more profitable books isn't worth doing the books, but if someone just wants to straight up give them money without their having to put work in and produce those types of books, they'll take it. And Archie and IDW will run with those books as long as it has a return on investment worth their while, as both have lower overhead costs in producing books. And apparently the ROI wasn't satisfactory, as I recently learned that Archie has apparently pulled the plug on the Marvel digests. Too bad, I really like the ones I have.
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 22, 2018 6:15:24 GMT -5
Kind of an idle thought which pops up every so often... Anyone have any idea when Batman would have become a household name at least in North America? Sure, he would have been well known to kids almost from the start due to his numerous comic book appearances, but would the average adult have known who Batman was prior to the Adam West series? It seems to me that for a while, he was a character who should have been bigger than he was - that is, enjoying some of the same success as Superman who definitely would have been a household name with his successful radio show, Fleisher cartoons, newspaper strip, TV series, etc. Though given his own newspaper strip early on, that lasted only about three years before being dropped. Similarly, he had a tryout for a radio show which didn't lead anywhere. While he appeared in two separate serials, it wasn't until about 15 years after Superman got his own TV show, that he was given a shot at television. I have no doubt that from 1966 onwards Batman was a character most everyone recognized, but what about before then? If it wasn't for the 60's TV show, he might have disappeared.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 1:20:41 GMT -5
I was looking at old DC Comics pictures in the Internet and came across this series of pictures from Adventure Comics # 415, 1972. Supergirl sports a new costume and done by Win Mortimer. I really liked this picture and I have never, ever read this issue and wondering if anyone here can shed some information why this wasn't used anymore? ... Looks really neat and totally different from Superman and that's why I took notice of.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 9:27:41 GMT -5
I was looking at old DC Comics pictures in the Internet and came across this series of pictures from Adventure Comics # 415, 1972. Supergirl sports a new costume and done by Win Mortimer. I really liked this picture and I have never, ever read this issue and wondering if anyone here can shed some information why this wasn't used anymore? ... Looks really neat and totally different from Superman and that's why I took notice of.
In Adventure Comics #397-415 Supergirl wore several different outfits (both costumes and outfits she wore in her secret ID) based on designs by readers. Issue 415 had the last one used by DC.
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 23, 2018 9:42:24 GMT -5
I was just wondering why comics doesn't do that type of fun challenge with their fanbase anymore, then I remembered something that happened to Image creator Erik Larsen. It seems that he made a create your own character contest , that included the winner appearing in a story in a future issue. The winner was Jimbo, da Mighty Lobster. That part of it worked out okay but there was another contestant that didn't win and accused Larsen of stealing the character for use in another issue. It left a bad taste in his mouth and he never did another promotion like that again. That's why we can't have good things.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 17:22:49 GMT -5
@md62 ... I'm thinking of getting these comics books ... In Adventure Comics #397-415 and again, thanks for everything ...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 21:15:53 GMT -5
@md62 ... I'm thinking of getting these comics books ... In Adventure Comics #397-415 and again, thanks for everything ... Happy to help. I have always loved Adventure Comics for some reason. Maybe because it never had a long term main feature like Action Comics and Detective Comics.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 21:29:41 GMT -5
@md62 ... I'm thinking of getting these comics books ... In Adventure Comics #397-415 and again, thanks for everything ... Happy to help. I have always loved Adventure Comics for some reason. Maybe because it never had a long term main feature like Action Comics and Detective Comics. I like all books and I loved the early Adventure Comics and never read them beyond #250 for some reasons and I read about 40% of the Action Comics and another 70% of the Detective Comics too. But, the granddaddy of them of them all ... never owned .... about 80% of the Justice League of America!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 21:40:53 GMT -5
Happy to help. I have always loved Adventure Comics for some reason. Maybe because it never had a long term main feature like Action Comics and Detective Comics. I like all books and I loved the early Adventure Comics and never read them beyond #250 for some reasons.... That's a shame. Adventure Comics was really good for most of the 70's. I bought it up until #478.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 22:50:49 GMT -5
I like all books and I loved the early Adventure Comics and never read them beyond #250 for some reasons.... That's a shame. Adventure Comics was really good for most of the 70's. I bought it up until #478. They were popular books at the LCS that I go to and another thing ... they always gets picked up even in the dime, quarters, and dollar bins too. That's why I never been able to go beyond #250 and that's frustrates me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2018 9:34:49 GMT -5
That's a shame. Adventure Comics was really good for most of the 70's. I bought it up until #478. They were popular books at the LCS that I go to and another thing ... they always gets picked up even in the dime, quarters, and dollar bins too. That's why I never been able to go beyond #250 and that's frustrates me. A quick internet search confirms you are right. They are popular. Many are not available and several are expensive!
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Post by nostalgiasteve on Dec 29, 2018 19:49:10 GMT -5
As a new member here, I am not sure if there are any threads specific to asking for help to find old comics.
My dilemma is that I am looking for a specific comic from my childhood but I have very few details. I don't have a title, specific characters or any publisher info. All I remember are a few brief storyline snapshots and I can clearly see two images from two separate stories in my mind (but can't translate those to paper).
I hope this is an appropriate place to ask, apologize if there is a better route to take and would appreciate any help I can get.
The book I had was old even when I was a kid - I was born in 1968 and had it sometime between September, 1974 and August, 1978 - I must have gotten it at a garage sale or something. I believe it was from sometime in the 60's - relatively crude color but excellent art (realistic, not cartoony) and it may have been a digest-sized format as well. It had no cover and was kind of a collection of seemingly unrelated stories - the two I remember took place in WWII and a sci-fi future where the human race is capable of space travel to the edge of our solar system.
The war story ends with a US soldier being blown up - one of the final frames shows fire/explosion bursting out of his chest as he is killed. I think it may have been about a premonition he had about dying that way. I know, not much to go on...
The sci-fi story ends with an astronaut striking an invisible barrier at the edge of the solar system - much like a goldfish in a bowl.
This book has been eluding me for many years - I have had no luck in discovering anything about it - maybe someone here could help?
Thanks in advance,
Steve
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